Original Word: φιλοτιμέομαιPart of Speech: VerbTransliteration: philotimeomaiPhonetic Spelling: (fil-ot-im-eh'-om-ahee)Definition: to love or seek after honorUsage: I am zealous, strive eagerly, desire very strongly.

HELPS Word-studies

5389philotiméomai (from 5384/phílos, "lover, friend" and 5092/timḗ, "acknowledged honor") – properly, to show affection for what is personally valued (honored). 5389/philotiméomai ("aspiring for what is honorable") refers to pursuing (devoting oneself to) what has great personal value.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Originmid. from a comp. of philos and timéDefinitionto love or seek after honorNASB Translationaspired (1), have as our ambition (1), make it your ambition (1).

Romans 15:20V-PPM/P-AMSGRK:οὕτως δὲ φιλοτιμούμενον εὐαγγελίζεσθαι οὐχNAS: And thus I aspired to preach the gospel,KJV: so have I strived to preach the gospel,INT: thus moreover being ambitious to preach the gospel not